The first half of the proverb occurs in Proverbs 19:1.
perverse inhis ways Lit. perverse of two ways: i.e. in double-dealing. Comp. "Woe … to the sinner that goeth two ways!" Sir 2:12; ἀνὴρ δίψυχος ἀκατάστατος ἐν πάσαις ταις ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ, James 1:8.
PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS - literally, “Perverse in his double ways.” Compare Ecclesiasticus 2:12 and James 1:8....
CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...
SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 28 F. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. PROVERBS 28:2 B. The text is uncertain, and various renderings are...
BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11. THE POOR. a poor one. UPRIGHTNESS. integrity. THAN HE... WAYS. Than [he that walketh] in double ways. Hebrew. _'akash._ See Proverbs 28:18. Compare James 1:8
CHAPTER 28 TEXT Proverbs 28:1-9 1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. 2. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of under...
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKETH IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS ( ; ) than (he that is) perverse (in...
OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 28 V1 A wicked person runs away, even if nobody is chasing him. But good people are as bold as lions....
Perhaps you can become rich by an evil method. Perhaps you can get more money if you lie to people. Or perhaps you have another evil scheme to increase your wealth. But your evil deeds will ruin your...
BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKETH... — A variation of Proverbs 19:1. PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS. — According to the pointing of the text the words signify, “perverse in two ways.” That is, the sinner tries to...
טֹֽוב ־רָ֭שׁ הֹולֵ֣ךְ בְּ תֻמֹּ֑ו מֵ עִקֵּ֥שׁ
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth a...
Verse Proverbs 28:2. "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of un...
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
BETTER [IS] THE POOR THAT WALKETH IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS,.... Proverbs 19:1; THAN [HE THAT IS] PERVERSE [IN HIS] WAYS, THOUGH HE [BE] RICH; or, "in [his] two ways" c: that halts between two ways, or mak...
Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich. Ver. 6. _Better is the poor, &c._] See Proverbs 19:1 ....
_Better is the poor_ In a much safer and happier condition; _that walketh in his uprightness_ That sincerely desires and endeavours to walk in all well pleasing before God; _than he that is perverse i...
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, in integrity of life, in agreement with God's holy will, THAN HE THAT IS PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS, walking in crooked ways, IN CONDUCT EITHER HYPOCRITIC...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY...
IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested by...
BETTER; in a much safer and happier condition. IN HIS WAYS, Heb. _in two ways_; halting between two ways, pretending to virtue, but practising vice; or covering his wicked designs with good pretences;...
Proverbs 28:6 Better H2896 poor H7326 (H8802) walks H1980 (H8802) integrity H8537 perverse H6141 ways H1870 rich...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...
Proverbs 28:2. _By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged._ Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time it w...
_Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich._ CHRISTIANITY, THE HEALTH OF A PEOPLE The poor man who walks in his integrity, must be s...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:2 Righteous individuals are essential for a just society. When many individuals are unjust, particularly those with power, all of society will suffer....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 28:5. JUDGMENT, or, “what is right” _(Delitzsch)_. PROVERBS 28:6. PERVERSE, etc., literally, “he who is crooked in two ways.” Delitzsch translates, “_a double-going deceive...
EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinn...
Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...
Acts 24:24; Luke 16:19; Proverbs 16:8; Proverbs 19:1; Proverbs 19:2
DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1. A CONTRAS...
Better — In a much happier condition....